Letting down the team? Social effects of team incentives

Journal of the European Economic Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 841-870

  Babcock, Philip ^a   Bedard, Kelly ^a   Charness, Gary ^a   Hartman, John ^a   Royer, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84942293959     PISSN: 15424766     EISSN: 15424774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeea.12131     Document Type: Article

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